Innercity Griots is the second studio album by American hip-hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on April 28, 1993, on 4th & B'way Records and distributed through Island Records.

Critical reception

Nathan Bush of AllMusic praised the group's creativity and range as well as the album's production, which he felt showed an improvement from their previous effort. Jihad Hassan Muhammad of The Dallas Weekly commented that "they gave an unlikely musical offering at the time when everything was gangs and sets thrown as far as hip-hop was concerned in Los Angeles."

In 2012, The Daily Californian included it on the "10 Albums for the Hip-Hop Layman" list. In 2013, Spin included it on its list of the 50 best rap albums of 1993. In 2015, NME placed it at number 51 on its list of the "100 Lost Albums You Need to Know".

Track listing

Personnel Information taken from the liner notes.Freestyle Fellowship (1993). Innercity Griots. Freestyle Fellowship: Myka 9, Aceyalone, Peace, and Self Jupiter. The Earthquake Brothers: The Jamm Messenger D, Mathmattiks, and The Mighty O-Roc.

Freestyle Fellowship – vocals, production, mixing The Earthquake Brothers – production, mixing Bambawar – production, mixing Daddy-O – vocals, production, engineering Edman – production JMD – bass guitar, timpani, drums, percussion, production Kevin O'Neal – upright bass, production Kim Buie – executive production Kedar Massenburg – executive production, mixing Matt Hyde – engineering, mixing Rich Herrera – engineering, mixing Dawud – engineering Aceyalone – mixing Ed Lawson – mixing Robert Harris – bass guitar Don Littleton – percussion Marvin McDaniel – acoustic guitar Rodney Millon – guitar Onaje Murray – vibraphone Tom Ralls – trombone Christy Smith – bass guitar, upright bass Alfred Threats – bass guitar Jon Williams – trumpet Randall Willis – tenor saxophone, saxophone, flute DJ Kiilu – turntables Mathmattiks – turntables Spoon – vocals Cockney "O" Dire – vocals Archie – vocals Volume 10 – vocals Ganja K Chronic – vocals

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